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John Lanchester
John Lanchester
British Journalist
Born: Feb 25, 1962
Money People Think Work World You
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To make three films out of one shortish book, they have to turn it into an epic, just as 'Lord of the Rings' is an epic. But 'The Hobbit' isn't an epic: its tone is intimate and personal, and although it's full of adventures and excitement, they're on a different scale to those of the bigger book. John Lanchester
Book Three Films Intimate Those Scale Out Rings Excitement Adventures Make Although Lord Lord Of The Rings Personal Hobbit Just Different Bigger Epic Turn Full Tone
I'm fortunate in having journalism as a sideline to pay the bills, and I essentially do it in order to take as long as I want with books. John Lanchester
Long Pay Sideline Books Having Take Journalism Essentially Order Want Fortunate Bills
Obviously you can stash money under your mattress, cut down on hazelnut lattes, but in terms of the larger economic frame of our lives, we have very little agency. About one of the only things you can do is understand it. John Lanchester
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You can't explain collateralized debt obligation in a novel - it's too draggy. John Lanchester
You Obligation Too Debt Explain Novel
The slogans of globalisation are 'Get on your bike' and 'The world is flat.' People who want to get on have to be willing to move, often and unhesitatingly, at the behest of their employer or to seek work. John Lanchester
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By the time I was three years old, I'd lived at 10 different addresses in six different countries. John Lanchester
Time Old Three Address Countries Years Six Different Different Countries Lived By The Time
We should all know our family's story, all the more so if nobody tells it to us directly and we have to find it out for ourselves. John Lanchester
Family Our Ourselves Out Tells Find More Directly Nobody Know Story Us Should
One of the things I have noticed about my novels is that they all concern people who can't quite bring themselves to tell the truth about their own lives... I've come to realise that this interest in damaged, untellable stories comes from my parents. John Lanchester
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It would be too glib, not a hundred per cent true, to say that my father's career as a banker was what made me a writer. But it would be slightly true, and it was certainly the case that his work as a banker made me see that the trade-offs people make between their work and their lives are often badly skewed. John Lanchester
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Security is a complicated idea and one with an immense potential to trap us - that was one lesson I learnt from my father. John Lanchester
Complicated Father Lesson Immense Security Potential Idea Learnt Us Trap
The Internet makes writing about restaurants easier and more interesting in quite a few ways, one of the main ones being to do with the mundane business of checking what's on the menu. John Lanchester
Business Writing Internet Few Ways Easier Restaurants About More Menu Main Checking Makes Quite Being Interesting Mundane
In my view, a review should be like talking to a friend who's just asked you, 'What was it like?' You're giving a verdict on an experience, not trying for a definitive last judgment. John Lanchester
You Experience Giving Judgment Definitive Like Talking Verdict Review Friend Trying Just Asked Should View Last
In the U.S., it is a crime to lie to a federal agent, and it's often this that sends people to jail over financial matters. John Lanchester
Lie People Financial Crime Matters Federal Over Sends Often Jail Agent
'Community,' that loaded word so beloved of politicians, is simply not a reality in most people's lives. It's normal for us to be cut off from each other. John Lanchester
Reality People Word Politicians Community Other Simply Most Normal Off Cut Us Each Lives Beloved Loaded
Most people find they have to worry about money; if you don't ever, then in some fundamental way, you are cut off from most people. John Lanchester
You People Money Worry Way Find Some About Most Off Cut Then Fundamental Ever
During the 20th century, the greatest danger to European stability was Germany's sense of its special destiny. During the 21st century, the greatest danger to European stability is Germany's reluctance to accept its special destiny. John Lanchester
Sense Danger Destiny Reluctance Accept Greatest Greatest Danger Germany Stability Century Special European
If European monetary policy is run according to German interests, huge structural imbalances will accumulate. The Germans will then either have to pay to correct those imbalances or agree that the euro should not be run primarily according to German interests. If they are unwilling to do either of those things, the euro can't survive. John Lanchester
Will Pay Correct Those Run Structural Primarily Policy Unwilling Huge According German Germans Survive Accumulate Either Then Interests Should Euro European Agree Monetary Monetary Policy Things
The early-'80s recession was good for good restaurants, not least because it put bad ones out of business. John Lanchester
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Is it OK to admit to being slightly obsessed with the TV programme 'Great British Menu?' John Lanchester
Great Slightly OK TV Admit Menu Obsessed Being British Programme
Nando's is a casual restaurant rather than a fast-food one - another aspirational touch. The food is energetically spiced, where so many of its competitors are bland and grilled to order, where the competition fries food and then lets it sit around. John Lanchester
Food Competition Sit Restaurant Touch Rather Bland Casual Another Around Fries Than Where Order Then Many Lets Competitors
Because the Spanish eat so crazily late - anybody who's been to Spain has had the experience of sitting down at 9:30 P.M. to find themselves the first customer in the restaurant - they tend to favour an early-evening drink and a nibble to keep them going. John Lanchester
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The economics of setting up a new restaurant are scary in good times and terrifying in bad ones. John Lanchester
Good Economics Setting Bad Restaurant Scary Bad Ones Good Times New Terrifying Up Times
Most British tapas bars aren't bars at all. They're restaurants that specialise in tapas. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a bit different from the Spanish way of doing things, in which tapas is an adjunct to the drinks and the general vibe. John Lanchester
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Celebrity farmer. Now there's a phrase that should be an oxymoron. There are farmers on both sides of my family, and I can attest that the overlap between the way farmers live, work and think, and celebrity culture, is exactly 0%. John Lanchester
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Chefs get sucked into the trap of 'fine dining' because some guides make it central to their ratings system and because some customers have been trained to focus their expectations on the trappings and not on the food. It's all a gigantic waste of energy. John Lanchester
Food Focus Energy Guides System Gigantic Dining Fine Some Ratings Make Because Chefs Been Trained Expectations Get Central Customers Trap Trappings Sucked Waste
My standard Nando's order is a chicken breast burger served 'medium,' which is still fairly spicy. John Lanchester
Burger Medium Spicy Fairly Still Chicken Order Which Standard Served
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